George Washington University Athletics
Men's Basketball in Charlotte Thursday at 8 pm
3/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 5, 2008
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format 
Game 25 • Atlantic 10 Conference game
Date: Thursday, Mar. 6, 2008 • Time: 8:00 pm ET
Location: Halton Arena (9,105) • Charlotte, NC
Radio: 3WT Radio 107.7 FM, 1500 AM, 820 AM (Byron Kerr)
Internet: Pay-Per-View on GWsports.com, live stats on GameTracker
TV: CSTVR Networks, CN8 (Matt McConnell, Pete Gillen)
Series: GW leads, 9-7 (Series tied, 3-3 at Halton Arena)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 123-80 (.606) 7th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 64-46 (.582) 7th season
Career Record: 123-80 (.606) 7th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Charlotte: 5-1
CHARLOTTE COACH: Bobby Lutz (Charlotte `80)
Record at UNCC: 184-124 (.597) 10th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 25-21 (.543) 3rd season
Career Record: 365-215 (.629) 19th season
Pfeiffer 181-91
Lutz's Record vs. GW: 4-5
Thursday's Game: Winners of three of its last four and coming off a narrow loss at No. 9/11 Xavier, GW (9-15, 5-9) faces Charlotte (16-12, 7-7) for the first time this season and the 17th meeting in the series.
• GW has won the last five meetings with the 49ers by an average score of 77-71.
• GW has won the last three meetings at Halton Arena by an average score of 75-68.
• GW is 1-11 on the road this season while Charlotte is 12-3 at home.
• GW is coming off a 66-56 loss to No. 9/11 Xavier Saturday at Cintas Center. Rob Diggs led GW with 19 points and Johnny Lee scored his career-high 14 points on 3-4 three-pointers as GW saw its three-game winning streak come to an end.
• Charlotte is coming off an 89-82 victory over Duquesne Sunday at home. The 49ers have lost four of their last six and six of nine.
• GW is 3-3 at Halton Arena where the 49ers are a combined 125-34 (.786) in 12 seasons.
• GW is without starting point guard Travis King, who is sitting out the season with a knee injury.
• GW has won 54 of its last 78 regular-season games and 32 of its last 46 A-10 games.
A Closer Look at Charlotte... Charlotte enters play Thursday with a 16-12 overall record, 7-7 in the A-10. Charlotte has two players averaging double figure points led by senior guard Leemire Goldwire's 18.4 ppg and Lamont Mack's 12.6 ppg. Junior transfer Charlie Coley leads the team in rebounding with 6.1 rpg. Goldwire leads the A-10 in steals with 2.07 a game and his 103 three-pointers is just 55 fewer than the entire GW team has made this year. For the season, the 49ers are shooting 40.4 percent from the field and averaging 70.6 points a game but are getting outrebounded by less than a carom a game. Charlotte leads the A-10 in turnover margin at +2.79. Freshman F An'Juan Wilderness (8.3 ppg) won A-10 Rookie of the Week honors back in November.
Next Game: GW returns to Smith center to host UMass Saturday, Mar. 8, in the regular-season finale and first meeting with the Minutemen this season. The game tips off at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceeded by `Senior Day' ceremonies honoring GW's three seniors (Maureece Rice, Dominic Green and Keri Gonsalves) making their final Smith Center appearances. The game will be broadcast on 3WT Radio 107.7 FM, 1500 AM, 820 AM.
